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6771. Black Agnes Defends Dunbar Castle-In 1338, Agnes Randolph, Countess of Dunbar, defended Dunbar Castle against a five-month siege by a much larger English force. When her enemies threatened to execute her captured brother unless she surrendered, she responded that his death would benefit her since she was his heir. Her fearless defiance and tactical skill ultimately forced the English to abandon the siege, securing her place in Scottish legend as

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6772. Aging Consoles Alter Speedruns-Modern game speedrunners have discovered that Super Nintendo consoles run slightly faster today than they did at release in the early 1990s. The difference stems from an aging ceramic resonator inside the sound processing chip, which alters the system's timing ever so slightly. While the change is imperceptible to normal players, it has created complications in tool-assisted speedruns where precise timing is essential.

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6773. Beatles Produced 213 Songs in Eight Years-The Beatles, as the world remembers them, performed together for only eight years between 1962 and 1970. During that period, they released 13 studio albums with 213 songs, and following their breakup, they released over 100 additional recordings.

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6774. Portugal Produces Most of World's Cork-Portugal produces more than half of the world's cork, exporting roughly 60-70% of the global supply. The country is home to the largest cork oak forests on Earth, with trees that can live for over 200 years.

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6775. Unsolved Crimes of Mr. Cruel-Mr. Cruel is the nickname for an unidentified Australian offender active in Melbourne during the late 1980s and early 1990s. He abducted at least three young girls, holding them for hours before releasing them. Two victims described details of the house where they were kept and reported hearing planes nearby, suggesting the location was close to Melbourne Airport. Mr. Cruel is also considered the prime suspect in the 1991 abduction and murder of 13-year-old Karmein Chan, whose case remains unsolved.

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6776. Architect Proposed Resurrecting Washington-William Thornton, the architect of the U.S. Capitol, was also a physician and inventor. When George Washington fell ill in December 1799, Thornton rushed to Mount Vernon but arrived after Washington had already died. Thornton then proposed a bizarre plan to

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6777. Nematodes Outnumber All Animals-The most abundant animals on Earth are nematodes, tiny roundworms that live in soil, oceans, and freshwater environments. Scientists estimate there are about 57 billion nematodes for every human, meaning they make up roughly 80% of all individual animals on the planet. These creatures play a crucial role in ecosystems by cycling nutrients, decomposing organic matter, and even parasitizing plants and animals.

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6778. Oster Conspiracy to Stop Hitler-In 1938, German military intelligence officer Hans Oster plotted with other high-ranking officials to overthrow Adolf Hitler if he moved to start a war by invading Czechoslovakia. The conspirators included military leaders and government figures who feared Germany was not ready for a major conflict. However, their plan collapsed when Britain and France pursued appeasement, forcing Czechoslovakia to accept Hitler's demands at the Munich Agreement, which removed the immediate trigger for the coup.

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6779. Andrew Jackson's 100 Recorded Quarrels-In 1828, surgeon Dr. James L. Armstrong-who had served alongside Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812-compiled a record of the president's violent altercations. He documented nearly 100 incidents of quarrels, duels, and fights that Jackson either caused or participated in. Jackson's infamous temper and readiness to fight became a defining part of his reputation.

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6780. Swiss Cheese Holes Restored by Powder-In the 2000s, Swiss cheese began losing its iconic holes because modern hygienic milking practices reduced the presence of hay particles in the milk. These particles had previously acted as nucleation points for gas bubbles that created the

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37 COMMENTS

  1. Would you mind if I started to post these facts on iFunny? I really think people would love them and I would of course credit and link your website.

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  2. Your page (re)numbering makes it almost impossible to find something on your site. The search option doesn’t seem very helpful.. I tried to search for Harris Rosen or Fact #62 after seeing it on Bored Panda, but had to do a brute force search to find this page…

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  3. I just went through all the facts pages. A few things I’ve noticed:
    1. #451-#470 (pgs 46 & 47) have images that are broken.
    2. #841-#1140 (pgs 85-114) are complete duplicates of earlier pages.

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    • Thank you for your valuable feedback. Last night we implemented a new page numbering system for our fact cards. I really messed up with facts #451-#470 which I have fixed now. I have fixed the other problem too.

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  4. Just stumbled onto your site via an Imgur post. Cool stuff.

    Re. one of the citations above: “The oldest D20 dice was uncovered in Egypt…”

    One “die,” many “dice.” The headline in the source given had it right; “Ancient d20 die emerges from the ashes of time.”

    Credibility is always enhanced by proper grammar.

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  5. I really enjoy your site. I visit it regularly at this period of my life to use up time, while entertaining myself, and increase my awareness of life through the amazing insights into stories behind what we often overlook. It is almost therapeutic I would think! For one thing, I feel grateful not to be one of the warped personalities you often report on, but on the other hand, I feel sorry for the suffering that is really behind so many people you note through our shared history, who have the apparency of many successes, but are in fact imperfect and suffering souls like all of us, on the road to something better we hope eh?

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    • History gives us an opportunity to look into the mistake our ancestors made, but also the feats they achieved. The lives they suffered, so that the future generations could have the freedom. I am happy to have been part of such an important part of your life, Stuart.

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  6. I’m sure it’s like asking a magician how his tricks are done, but I would love to know the workings of the research you have to go through to find/verify everything I’ve read on your site. To say they are entertaining would be an insult. I read several pages daily. I have found them to be fascinating, educational, informative, and downright important.

    When I was a child and went on long road trips with my parents, my Mom would would bring a box of Trivial Pursuit cards to read and ask questions to pass the time for everyone in the car…My Wife now reads these to our kids on our vacations.

    Do you take fact submissions, or do you rely on your own people to research and present them to your team/site? The only thing I can say about your site, is some click ads could be modified or even done away with. Political opinion polls, etc…I would sooner see and ad for shaving cream that some of those useless and probably biased ads (not you, just the people conducting them) But, I love what you do and am so glad that your site exists!

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    • Thank you Ryan. It’s the readers like you who keep us going. It gives us immense pleasure to know that you love reading facts on our site. We do take submissions. About 10% of our facts come from submissions. You too can submit facts by filling out this form Contact Us. The ads are what keeps the servers running. We don’t take any donations, use patreon or sell merch on our site so ads are how we generate income. Though, we will take your advice to tone down the ads (we can’t really see what kind of ad our readers see as it’s decided by Google).

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  7. 1454: She wasn’t found “shortly” after, which might imply that 911 had tried to help and just didn’t arrive in time; she was found HOURS after.

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  8. Each of these pages of facts should have its own page for commenting instead of many fact pages and only one place to comment. I’d also delete my post about each fact having its own page since the aforementioned idea is better, but I can’t.

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  9. I love this website I use it all the time and it allows me to attain info that I have been able to use irl all the time. Keep up the great work!

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  10. Also Rickinator for 610 killing bears is not a good thing due to most species of bears being endangered it is just a fact/statistic

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  11. Your fact card is WRONG! You state Queen Elizabeth II is related to George Washington (which is correct), however, then you all say “Their last living common ancestor is Augustine Warner, Sr. who died in XX.”

    That’s incorrect! i am related to both Col. Augustine Warner, Sr. and George Washington and I’m very much alive as are my family members and 1 uncle and his 2 sons.

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